Serial expat, business traveller, former academic / researcher. Expertise: behavioural neuroscience, software development & product management. More...
The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to 10 thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known...
People talk a lot about work-life balance, but realistically we can all agree that’s a tough discussion to have. First of all, it means different things to...
Recently I met Jennifer Polk, who heads up FromPhDtoLife.com, and gives graduate students and academics advice on their career transitions. I didn’t meet Jen completely by chance,...
* Throughout the years my career has taken some interesting an colourful turns. From starting out as a freelancer writer, to directing voice overs for national TV...
Traveling for business is something I’ve done extensively since I’ve left academia 5 years ago. Going into the private sector and working for various large corporates, I’ve...
When you first think about doing something for yourself, it can be scary. You’ll often spend months or years thinking about it before you get things underway....
After ten years at the bench as a neuroscientist I took the leap into the private sector. However, never going too far away from research in some form: I worked for Papers as Head of Outreach, and have now moved into Product Management.
I continue to be passionate about helping researchers be productive, and science communication. I am by all accounts a tech evangelist, active spokesperson for women in tech, and an award winning public speaker. At heart I am Dutch, but raised to look far past the boundaries of my small country. As such, I became a serial expat. I've lived in The Netherlands, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and Canada, and travelled to many more. For many years, I have been calling Toronto "home".